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Nola McConnan makes pictures
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Techniques to make pictures

Making pictures came long before making words. Nola sometimes will teach skills, techniques and tools that help make your pictures better. When teaching she works to help participants make pictures without AI.

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Drawing Horses

December 28, 2025

Nola has created exceptional equine portraits for over 50 years. They are found in private collections all over North America. “Just Horses” © is Nola’s little book on drawing horses.

An art teacher’s comment “Oh, It’s all here. What you didn’t know you wanted, everything you need.”

In Drawing, Horses, Pencil Crayon, Graphite, Mixed media, Watercolour, Portraits Tags drawing, animal drawing, horses, workshops, Just Horses
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Colored Pencils

December 28, 2025

Coloured pencils are an economical, portable, very forgiving and engaging fine art medium. They allow tremendous detail in a small image area. They work on almost any dry surface, especially colored papers or frosted films.

In Adult Art Classes, Flowers, Abstraction, Dogs, Cats, Drawing, Colored Pencil, Coloured Pencil, Muskoka Tags coloured pencil, workshops, abstracts, colour, en plein aire, colored pencil
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Anytime, Anywhere, Almost Any Weather

December 28, 2025

If you can sign your name, you can find, see and draw pictures with any pencil. Your graphite pencil and spiral bound sketch book can make a picture of any subject you want including people! Your drawing may be the beginning of a grand work in any medium.

In Adult Art Classes, Canadian Shield, Drawing, Flowers, Graphite, Lake Joseph, Water's Edge Tags graphite, sketching, en plein aire, field sketching
 Fresh Light Lake Joseph

Fresh Light Lake Joseph

 Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn

 Toronto's Island Dancers

Toronto's Island Dancers

 January 1st

January 1st

 Fritillaria

Fritillaria

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Dancing with Flat Brushes

December 28, 2025

Dancing makes flat brushes use their precision to build an image without mud.

In Adult Art Classes, Abstraction, Banbury, Dogs, Flowers, Lake Joseph, Watercolour Tags Watercolour, Watercolor, flat brushes, colour, waterscapes, Landscapes, abstracts

Fur Family Portraits

April 12, 2025

Nola’s animal portraits are located in private collections across North America. Using your or better her references Nola creates in coloured pencil, watercolour, or graphite, for memories that capture a fur family member’s individual personality.

In Adult Art Classes, Dogs, Cats Tags animal drawing, portraits, Watercolor, workshops, coloured penci

The class ended to soon.  Joyce Pratt phd aoca

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